Guy line equipment for tents



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My invention relates to improvements in guy line equipment for tents, thprincipal object in view being to provide equipment of the characterspecified which is particularly adapted for pulling a tent top taut witha minimum of time and labor and without the use of block and tackle,

and which involves few parts and is inexpensive to manufacture.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention, allof which, together with the precise nature of my improvements, will bereadily understood when the succeeding description and claim are readwith reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of thisspecification.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved guy line equipmentin its preferred embodiment,

Figure 2 is a similar view of a modification of the invention,

Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the shackle end of the line,

Figure 4 is a view in perspective illustrating the manner in which thethimble link is attached to the tent top, and

Figure 5 is a view of one of the stakes.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, according to my invention, in itspreferred embodiment, and as best illustrated in Figure 1, a thimblelink I is attached bya grommet 2 to the edge of the tent top 3 which isattached to the upper end of, the usual side pole 4 in the conventionalmanner, as by a grommet 5 in said top placed over the peg 6 on saidpole. A pair of anchor stakes l, 8, preferably of wood, are provided,one close to the pole 4 and the other spaced suitably from the first onein substantially a common plane with the first-mentioned stake and thepole 4. The top is attached to said stakes 1, 8 and drawn taut by meansof a guy line 9, having a shackle [0 on one end thereof in the form of apair of relatively large and 'small links H, l2, the line being eyespliced, as at l3, to the larger links H. The guy line 9 is attachedintermediate its ends to the stake 8, preferably by two wraps (and aclove hitch, and with one stretch having the shackle I I! passed throughthe thimble l for a short distance beyond said thimble. The otherstretch of the guy line 9 is rove through the smaller link l2 of theshackle II], the line pulled taut to said shackle, and then pulled downto the stake l and fastened thereto by a clove hitch or the like.

In the modified embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 2, ametal stake I4 is used in lieu of stake 8 and the shackle end of guyline 9 attached to said stake M by driving the stake through the smalllink l2 of the shackle. The line 9 is then run through th thimble l andback through the large link ll of shackle ID, then back through thethimble I, then pulled taut, and fastened to the stake l by a clovehitch.

In either of the described embodiments of my invention, maximum leveragemay be attained against the tent top.3 with a minimum of effort, in thecase of the modified embodimenta double leverage, as will be clear.Therefore, the tent top may be stretched or rendered taut and pulledoutwardly of the pole 4 so as to relieve the latter of all strain.Incidentally, it is not necessary to slant the pole outwardly, as is theusual practice to brace the same.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible of furthermodification without departing from the inventive concept, and right isherein reserved to such other modifications as fall within the scope ofthe appended claim.

What I claim is:

Guy line equipment for a tent top attached at the edge thereof to a sidepole comprising a thimble link adapted to be linked in said edge, a pairof stakes adapted to be fixed in the ground one adjacent said pole andthe other remote from the first one, a guy line attached intermediatethe ends thereof to the remote stake to provide two stretches, one ofsaid stretches extending through said thimble link, a terminal shackleon said one stretch, said other stretch being trained through saidshackle and down to the first-mentioned stake and secured thereto.

OWEN E. MAHAFFEY.

